Bedstead



(No Model.)

G. H. CURREY.

BBDSTEAD.

No. 482,725. Patented Sept.. 20. 1892..

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GEORGE HENRY CURREY, OF EVANT, TEXAS.

BEDSTEAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 482,725, datedSeptember 20, 1892.

Application led December 12 1891. Serial No. 414,862. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern,.-

Beit known that I, GEORGE HENRY CURREY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Evant, in the county of Ooryell and State of Texas, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Bedsteads; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has relation to improvements in bedsteads; and it consistsin the provision of adjustable hangers for mattress-supports, as will behereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claimappended.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a plan view of a bedsteadembodying my invention, the cap-plate h of one of the hangers beingremoved to show the form in crosssection of the mortises in which thehangers are seated; and Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section taken inthe plane indicated by the line :c a: on Fig. l.

Referring by numeral of designation tothe said drawings, l indicates theend rails of the bed-frame, which are provided at suitable points withslots or mortises to receive the tenon ends of the side rails 2. Formedat suitable intervals in the inside of the side and end rails arevertical mortises or grooves 4, which are preferably of a dovetail formin cross-section, so as to prevent lateral inward displacement of thehangers while in operation.

5 indicates my improved hangers, of which any suitable number may beemployed. These hangers 5, which may be formed from any suitablematerial, respectively comprise the vertical shank or body O, ofdovetail form in cross-section, which is adj ustably seated in one ofthe mortises or grooves 4 of the frame, and the horizontal branch 7,extending inwardly at right angles from the lower end of the shank orbody 6.

Suitably secured to the side and end rails of the bed-frame and coveringthe upper ends of the inortises or grooves 4 are plates 10, which areprovided with screw-threaded apertures for the passage of theadjustingscrews 9, which screws are 'connected in a swiveled manner tothe body of the hangers and are provided at their upper ends with headsor wings 11, whereby theyl may be readily turned to raise or lower thehangers, as desirable.

Formed at intervals in the upper side of the branches? of the hangers 5,and eXtends ing transversely thereof, is a series of slots 8, which aredesigned to seat the side and end bars 13 of a mattress-support 12,which may be of any construction suitable for use in conjunction with myimproved hangers.

By reason of the provision of a series of slots in each hanger branch '7it will be read` ily perceived that mattress-supports of various sizesmay be employed in conjunction with a bed-frame provided with myimproved hangers, and by reason of the slots 8 of the hanger branches 7being pitched or inclined toward the body or shank 6 it will be furtherperceived that the liability of a casual disconnection of themattresssupport from the hangers is reduced to a minimum. By theprovision of hangers such as described it will be readily perceived thata mattress-support may be readily connected to a bed-frame and when soconnected may be readily adjusted to and adj ustably fixed in differenthorizontal planes, which is an important desideratum.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

In a bedstead, the combination, with the side and end rails havingvertical mortises or grooves, the cap-plates covering the upper ends ofthe grooves or mortises and having threaded apertures, and amattress-support, of the hangers respectively comprising the verticalshank or body seated Vin the grooves or mortises of the rails, and thehorizontal branch extending inwardly from said shank or body and havinga slot to seat the side and end bars of the mattress-support, and theadjustingscrews taking through the threaded apertures of the cap-platesand having their lower ends connected to the hangers, substantially asand for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE HENRY CURREY.

Witnesses:

W. D. BLACKBURN, T. N. CURREY`

